Gau with copper body. Silver front is embossed with foliage patterns that closely resemble cloud patterns; also decorated with Buddhist symbols. Has four handles. Entwined dragons flank the opening. At the base of opening are two lions and lotus...

The teapot is made of heavy cast iron designed with drying fishnets and flying small birds probably plovers, with stable upright bail handle and lid with floral form boss. Embossed seal of a maker ""Nan-tetsu-do"" and ""Nanbu"" ( a famous iron...

Thin copper plate is delicately made repousse work depicting a shrine and seated deity with his right hand up and left hand holding a cup or bowl. Two attendants stand on either side of the shrine, each with one hand held to his chest. Spirits...

The 1826 fashion magazine describes this as a dress of Canary-yellow taffeta, with three flounces cut so as to represent vine-leaves: the upper flounce surmounted by a row of embossed embroidery, the color of the dress. The body…with a very...

Earthenware with copper lead glaze made of three well modeled sections that form a watch tower, rising from the middle of a circular, walled moat with standing and sitting geese in the moat and perched at the edge of the wide flat rim. The first...